PHP lifecycle and status

For Sites whose platform runs on PHP, check both your PHP branch’s security-support status and the requirements of your Flowpane connector before changing runtime. Ask your host or maintainer to plan and test the upgrade.

Authoritative branch lifecycle

Reviewed against PHP’s supported-version calendar on 2 October 2026.

PHP 8.1 has passed upstream security support. A technically installable runtime is not necessarily a supported security choice.

Plan an upgrade

Review your connector’s tested combinations in the Extensions Hub, back up the Site and test its themes and add-ons before changing PHP.

Flowpane reports version information; it does not upgrade PHP or assess your whole Site’s security from a version number. See WordPress’s PHP upgrade guidance and retired PHP branches.